Prospect of an adquisitorial criminal justice system

Bail does not cease to be a mind boggling issue as it is challenging our courts on daily basis, hence the need for this research. The tendency of confusing on the role of presiding officers in our legal fraternity is so far as bail proceedings is concerned is growing by the day. The seems to be a tug of war between prosecutors and attorneys with regard to granting of bail for the arrested persons, which leads to judicial officers having to sit for bail applications. Some of these challenges are as a result of interpretation of legislation that governs the issue of bail which is primarily peremptory in nature.Thesis (LLM) -- Faculty of Law, Criminal and Procedural Law, 202